Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] [verb] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of course refineries can be modified or adjusted to produce the necessary product range given time , but the idea that this can be done to every refinery simultaneously and instantaneously is ludicrous . |
| 2 | In the old popular court , the suitors declared the law and gave judgement , or else passed judgement over to God by making one of the parties submit to an ordeal : to being thrown into a pool , for instance , or made to grasp a red-hot iron ; if he sank , or was soon healed , he was innocent ; otherwise , he was guilty . |
| 3 | A group of 33 officers were charged on Feb. 18 with leading or helping to stage the attempted coup . |
| 4 | We assume that contractions were totally absent or failed to occlude the intestinal lumen . |
| 5 | They may be concentrated naturally as in animal tissues like bone , blood , hoof and horn , or processed to contain a high proportion of one or more nutrients , or they may be bulky and contain very little as in plant tissues like peat , compost and leaf mould . |
| 6 | We see it in brilliant colours which flow through the whole spectrum , and extend to dayglo ; but it starts life in a natural tone , initially floppy until the grippers or stenters pierce the outer edges to stretch it flat as it is heat treated , and dyed . |
| 7 | She was not a woman who would see both sides of a question , or want to analyse a given situation . |
| 8 | If an investigation is failing to produce results , it is , of course , not in the best interests of either police or press to maintain a high profile in such cases . |
| 9 | Braid can easily be attached to a chair with upholstery pins or Copydex to give a decorative edge |
| 10 | And er I note that Selby has accepted or resolved to accept the increased allocation from ten thousand to eleven thousand five hundred , subject to the District Council satisfying itself that the level of growth envisaged can be achieved without compromising the established structure plan strategy or the environment of the district . |
| 11 | The restaurant changed , as did the maître d' , but he still watched like a hawk and swooped with a pained query if you did n't savour every mouthful or tried to hide a tough end of meat under your lettuce . |
| 12 | The adoral shields are large with lateral projections making them appear wing-like ; they separate or appear to separate the oral shield from the first lateral arm plate . |
| 13 | If , on a sale of unregistered land , there is any personal obligation on the part of a seller-client to observe restrictions ( as , for example , where the seller is the original covenantor or has given a personal covenant to observe these ) , it is desirable to provide in the contract for a similar covenant indemnifying the seller against any future breach . |
| 14 | If the GP has asked for a drug to be dispensed in a special calendar pack , or has prescribed a small quantity of an unusual medicine that is only available from wholesalers in large quantities , the pharmacist will want to make sure that the pricing authority is aware of the extra costs . |
| 15 | By contrast , waking is more likely to occur if the body temperature rising or has reached a high level . |
| 16 | Given the generous relief against forfeiture provisions contained in s 146 of the Law of Property Act 1925 a tenant should have little to fear from a forfeiture clause unless it is seriously in financial difficulties or has committed a serious breach of covenant which can not be rectified . |
| 17 | If a woman , she knows her language better than most ladies do , or has had a classical education . |
| 18 | Now we will suppose that the author has lighted on important new material or has had a significant number of errors in the first edition pointed out to him . |
| 19 | It suggests that your vehicle was once petrol engined or has had the wrong springs fitted at some point . |
| 20 | Modern electronic indicators have a probe in each exhaust pipe , and can show temperature individually or scan to give an average reading . |
| 21 | There was nothing Penny could say or do to convince the angry farmer that she was n't an apple-thief . |
| 22 | He said : ‘ This is all beautifully rosy but he has not mentioned his plans to tax companies by half a per cent on the payroll for a training tax or plans to enforce a minimum wage on small and medium sized companies which will be particularly badly hit . ’ |
| 23 | You will also need curtain heading tape or stiffening to equal the total width of your fabric . |
| 24 | If it could not be consumed or made to serve a useful purpose , then it did n't get through the front door . |
| 25 | That is because later generations do not wish to follow their parents into physically demanding , socially unacceptable or otherwise disagreeable occupations ; they escape or seek to escape the heavy lifting to a more comfortable and rewarding life . |
| 26 | And executives say they will decide by the end of March whether to ground up to 25 DC-10s or stop leasing a similar number of Airbus A300s . |
| 27 | Some of the money went into the pockets of individuals but most went into the coffers of the local or central parties or helped finance the mysterious research institutes which seemed indispensable to Roman politics . |
| 28 | Sometimes this happens over a long period , as a person finds himself constrained to attend a Christian place of worship , or drawn to read the Christian scriptures . |
| 29 | There is no other way of anticipating the potential and the problems or getting to know the local people you will need to solve them . |
| 30 | If you prefer to keep your wine consumption to one or two good glasses , or like to try a different wine with each course when dining à deux , think about half bottles . |